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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kernel.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index e9b492b3303..77b04ed037d 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args) asmlinkage int printk(const char * fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))) __cold; +/* + * Please don't use printk_ratelimit(), because it shares ratelimiting state + * with all other unrelated printk_ratelimit() callsites. Instead use + * printk_ratelimited() or plain old __ratelimit(). + */ extern int __printk_ratelimit(const char *func); #define printk_ratelimit() __printk_ratelimit(__func__) extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, |